John McCarthy
John McCarthy
levels statement
With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish.
doomed refuses
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
nature thugs
When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising.
intelligence
Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.
wide
His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web.
asking butcher critic name
Asking a critic to name his favorite book is like asking a butcher to name his favorite pig.
draft good mile
The SCLC draft has a whole mile of good intentions.
mention
I mention this out of my customary helpfulness.
drinks hardly hemisphere northern noticed people stir whereas
Hardly anyone has noticed that in the Northern Hemisphere people stir their drinks counterclockwise, whereas the same people stir their drinks clockwise when visiting the Southern Hemisphere.
clinton industry men
Clinton can say: in my industry 5/6 of the experienced men are unemployed.
chicken microsoft people playing potential power risk
Microsoft has enough power that there is the potential for antitrust, but people risk playing chicken little (with this accusation).
broader dollar higher likelihood move overall rates supported terms
The dollar is supported overall in broader terms by the likelihood that rates will move higher here than they do abroad.
behalf committing generates greater jobs merely people
Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf.
behalf devoted people
Once a person has killed other people on behalf of an ideology, he becomes rather devoted to it.